{"id":324230,"date":"2025-01-28T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=324230"},"modified":"2025-01-28T13:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:13:03","slug":"champions-league-matchday-8-props-bets-january-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/champions-league-matchday-8-props-bets-january-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League Matchday 8 prop picks: Back Florian Wirtz and Charles De Ketelaere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have two player props for the final league-phase matches in the Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s Florian Wirtz faces a promising matchup against Sparta Praha, and I say there&#8217;s value in backing the youngster to score at plus-money odds. Also, bet on Atalanta&#8217;s Charles De Ketelaere to rip a couple of shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the best Champions League prop bets for Matchday 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Champions League prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/football\/england\/premier_league\">Champions League betting markets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:107748\">Embed: #107748<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Wirtz anytime goal scorer (+115)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s talisman is among the brighter young stars in the German top flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The catalyst of the club&#8217;s historic season, Wirtz is making bigger strides in 2024-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nine goals on 7.1 expected goals (xG) in the Bundesliga.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averaging 3.3 shots per match.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Made 13 carries leading to a chance, most in the Bundesliga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He faces a favourable matchup against Czech side Sparta Prague, which has conceded 19 goals and the second-most shots in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leverkusen is eighth in the table, with a single goal making the difference for Round-of-16 qualification. So, it will be crucial for Xabi Alonso&#8217;s side to keep its foot on the pedal and pile up goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wirtz serving as the club&#8217;s main penalty taker is an added bonus for this prop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the markets are pricing Leverkusen to score at least three goals, I feel good about his chances of netting a goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Wirtz leads the club with five goals in the Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>De Ketelaere over 1.5 shots (-120<strong>)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong> Charles De Ketelaere has been a standout figure for Atalanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belgian attacker has scored four goals in his last three Champions League fixtures, averaging 3.3 shots during that stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona&#8217;s defence has been proven vulnerable to strong attacking sides, as exhibited by conceding four goals on 10 shots from Benfica last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Ketelaere, standing at an imposing 6-foot-4, can also generate shots from set-piece plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/SerieA_EN\/status\/1871166363987042670\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With striker Ademola Lookman ruled out due to injury, he will become even more important to Gian Piero Gasperini&#8217;s gameplan and could play the full 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Picks made at 11:33 a.m. on 01\/28\/25.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have two player props for the final league-phase matches in the Champions League. The pregame narrative: Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s Florian Wirtz faces a promising matchup against Sparta Praha, and I say there&#8217;s value in backing the youngster to score at plus-money odds. Also, bet on Atalanta&#8217;s Charles De Ketelaere to rip a couple of shots. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":324330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-324230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-soccer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Champions League prop bets: Matchday 8 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best Champions League prop bets for Jan. 29, 2025. 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